How to Make Your Own Natural Deodorant

Tools and materials:

• Shea butter
• Coconut butter or cacao butter
• Coconut oil
• Baking soda
• Arrowroot powder (or organic cornstarch, optional)
• Orange essential oil (optional)
• Lemon essential oil (optional)
• Grapefruit essential oil (optional)

1. Create a boiler

To create a boiler, heat a saucepan with some water and put a bowl on top. This will help heat the bowl.

2. Add coconut/cacao butter, coconut oil, and shea butter

To the bowl, add 1/2-1 cup of coconut butter or cacao butter, 1-2 tablespoons of coconut oil, and 1/2-1 cup of shea butter.

Stir the mixture consistently until it melts. 

3. Add baking soda and arrowroot powder and mix

Remove from heat and add in 1-3 tablespoons of arrowroot powder (or organic cornstarch) and baking soda, if you’re using it. if you don’t want to use it or if you have a sensitivity to it, that’s totally fine, you can just omit the ingredient. I use it because it’s a great way to eliminate odor.

Mix until it’s no longer clumpy and there’s no more powder. It should have a smooth consistency. 

4. Add in essential oils

Once it’s cooled a little, add in essential oils if you’re using them. I’ll be adding 10-20 drops each of orange, lemon, and grapefruit essential oil. This step is optional.

5. Bottle

Now, you can pour the liquid into your containers. You may notice the bottom of your mixture, some of it is starting to set, so you can just scrape the rest of it with a spoon. Let it sit at room temperature until the mixture completely sets, or you can put it in the fridge for a few hours. I put mine in the fridge overnight to set and it was ready by the morning. 

Make your own natural deodorant

Once it’s finished, it’s ready to use! It can sit out at room temperature or you can keep it in the fridge. If your climate is warmer, you may notice the coconut oil start to separate a little bit, so you can just keep it in the fridge, but if you didn’t use as much coconut oil, the mixture should hold together really well. It’s up to you.

That’s it for this homemade natural deodorant recipe. If you try it out, let me know what you think down below!